(chiefly in passive) To overtake (a traveller etc) with the darkness of night, especially before shelter is reached. / To darken; to shroud or obscure.

(obsolete or poetic) Overtaken by night; especially of a traveller, etc.: caught out by oncoming night before reaching one's destination. / (obsolete) Plunged into darkness.

simple past tense and past participle of benight

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of benight

present participle of benight

A plunging into darkness or ignorance.

The state or condition of being benighted.

One who benights or keeps others in darkness.

plural of benighter

plural of benightment